About Us

W. Nicholas Sabato - Executive Artistic Director

Nicholas is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio in New York City and is currently the Executive Artistic Director of Santa Fe Performing Arts School & Company.
Mr. Sabato has 28 years of experience as a Theater Artist, working in a variety of positions including Artistic Director, Director of stage and film productions, Executive Director, Development Director, Drama Teacher, Actor, Stage Manager, Light and Set Designer and Theater Technician. His regional work includes New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He is a member of the Actors Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists.
His education credits include the University of California, Berkeley, the British-American Theatre Institute, the Greer Garson Theater Center, College of Santa Fe and the University of Indiana School of Philanthropy. Additionally, he has studied with Simon Callow and Mike Ockrent of the National Theatre of Great Britain, Kim Stanley and Vivian Nathan of the Actors Studio, New York City.
W. Nicholas Sabato has worked as a Performing Arts Drama Teacher/Director with children and adults of all ages in New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Santa Fe. Nicholas has also conducted national workshops teaching classroom teachers how to integrate drama into their curriculum including the Midwest Montessori Teacher's Training Center and was the Lincoln Center Teaching Artists for the Santa Fe Public Schools.
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Megan Burns - Associate Artistic Director

Megan began acting in Santa Fe Performing Arts' Teen Ensemble in 2000. She played numerous principle roles including Inga, Young Frankenstein, Mary, Animal Crackers and Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady. In 2003, Megan was invited by the Executive Director to join SFPA's Internship Program, and begin work studies in costume design, set design, prop creation, box office management, producing and directing. She became Associate Artistic Director in 2007 and directed/produced her first play Peter Pan. Megan just directed her 10th play with SFPA, Alice in Wonderland, summer, 2010.
Megan is co-founder of MEOW WOLF (est. 2008) and directed the mutil-media play The Moon is to Live On in February 2010. Through MEOW WOLF, she has participated in five massive art installations, primarily creating ambient and background music.
Ms. Burns is singer-songwriter Flamingo Pink! and has been performing in and around Santa Fe for 8 years. You can listen to her original music at www.myspace.com/flamingopinkie

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Corvas K. Brinkerhoff- Technical Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Rochester Rudy "Froggy" Fernandez

Cindy Demo Judy Naumburg

Mary Bush Amy Sisneros

Patty Terrell Marcia Berman

Vince Nicolosi Nathaniel V. Thompkins

Santa Fe Performing Arts Awards and Acknowledgments:

1993 Outstanding Contribution Arts and Humanities - Santa Fe Community Foundation
1995 Awarded the Armory for the Arts Theater Complex - State of New Mexico
1997 Endorsed by the National Education Association of New Mexico
2000 Special Award - United Way of Santa Fe
2002 through 2009 Voted "Best of Santa Fe" Theater - SF Reporter

CONTACT US

Phone: 505-982-7992

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